opioid
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈoʊpiˌɔɪd/
- Specialized
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opioide
- Doctors are becoming more cautious about prescribing opioid medications for pain.
- an opioid analgesic
- opioid receptors
- opioid dependence
You got the opioid epidemic at an all time high.
- You got the opioid epidemic at an all time high.
- Never ever doubt Trump's commitment to end the opioid crisis.
- We didn't ban tobacco in terms of opioid prescriptions and opioid related deaths.
- But I believe it's taken money from the opioid crisis settlement for ibogaine research.
- This idea that the opioid receptor may have a role in mood regulation.
- His correct strategy, however, was to learn from Barack Obama's playbook with the opioid epidemic.
- You know, the opioid epidemic came and that you know, that was started.
- So we we're trained in the courtship and they don't show that Snow White has an opioid injection.
Examples
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Ikie is a frontline witness to the region's decline in good-paying jobs and rise in opioid addiction.
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Addicted users reported spending between $20 and more than $200 per day on prescription opioid pills.
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A new report coming out today about the opioid epidemic.
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For breakthrough pain, patients can be given 1/6 of the total daily opioid requirement.
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Neighborhoods across the country destroyed by an opioid epidemic.
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Some individuals were embedded in social networks where pharmaceutical opioid abuse was common.
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Now, for these reasons, the president signed an executive order combatting the drug addiction and opioid crisis.
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Opioid epidemic persists in rural Oregon.
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Devastated by the opioid epidemic and loss of good-paying jobs, Madison once supported three department stores.
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And now we continue our ongoing coverage of the opioid epidemic ravaging the heartland of America.
Surface Forms
Morphology
opioid = opium (transparent) = opio + oid
Built from the combining form related to 'opium' plus '-oid' meaning 'like', so the relation to opium (i.e., opium-like substances) is clear though the term is medical/technical.
Etymology
Opioid comes from opium, the pain drug made from the poppy, plus the ending -oid which means 'like', as in asteroid. So opioid literally means 'like opium', which is why it describes substances that work like opium in the body to relieve pain.